Machine for packaging fluent material



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Application August 5, 1954, Serial No. 448,037 1o claims. (ci. ss-zsi) This invention relates to an improved machine for packaging ice cream or other fluent material.

One principal object of the invention is to provide a machine for packing ice cream or the like into cardboard packaging tubes or similar containers suitable for dispensing by means of vending machines.

A further object is to provide a packaging machine of the foregoing character which will operate automatically, with only occasional replenishment of the supply of packaging tubes and caps.

It is another object of the invention to provide a packaging machine having means for automatically feeding packaging tubes into a conveyor adapted to carry the tubes to successive stations at which the tubes will be filled and closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a packaging machine of the foregoing character having improved means for capping the lower ends of the tubes, filling the tubes with ice cream or other fluent material, and closing the upper ends of the tubes.

Another object is to provide a packaging machine having improved means for preventing spillage of the uent material in the event that the feeding mechanism fails to feed a tube to the conveyor o-r the bottom capping mechanism fails to close the lower end of a packaging tube.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a packaging machine arranged to prevent breakage of any part of the machine in the event that a packaging tube or a cap becomes jammed in the machine.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the front of an ice cream packaging machine constituting an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a container adapted to be filled with ice cream or the like by the machine of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view taken from the right side of the machine of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective View taken from the right side of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view taken from the left side of the machine.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view taken from the left front of the machine.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view n 2,899,789 Patented Aug. 1S, 1959 Fig. llis a fragmentary' horizontal sectional view taken generally along a line 11-11 in Fig. 10.

Fig. l2 is an elevational View illustrating a mechanism for advancing the conveyor, the View being partly in section along a line 12-12 in Fig. l1.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken generally along a line 13-13 in Fig. 10, to show a brake connected to the conveyor. y

Fig. 14 is a plan view of a mechanism for accurately registering the conveyor in a plurality of positions, the view being partly in section alongY a line 14-14 in Fig. 1o.

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary elevational view, partly in section, along a line 15-15 in Fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary elevational sectional vieW showing a container-feeding mechanism embodied'in the machine, the view being taken generally along a line 16-16 in Fig. l.

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary sectional view taken generally along a line 17-17 in Fig. 16.

Fig. 17a is a fragmentary sectional view taken generally along a line 17a-17a in Fig. 17.

Fig. 17 b. is a fragmentary front elevational view, taken as indicated by the line 17b-17b in Fig. 16.

Fig. 18a is a fragmentary elevational view showing a capping mechanism embodied in the machine, the view being partly in section along a line 18a-18a in Fig. 9.

Fig. .18b is a continuation of the right-hand portion of Fig. 18a.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary elevational sectional view taken generally along a line 19--19 in Fig. 18a.

Fig. 20 is a plan view of the capping mechanism shown in Figs. 18a and l8b, the view being partly in section along a line 20-20 in Fig. 18a.

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary elevational sectional view taken generally along a line 21-21 in Fig. 9, to show the operation of the capping mechanism.

Fig. .22 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional View takenl generally along a line 22-22 in Fig. 21.

Fig. 22a is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken generally along a line 22a-22a in Fig. 21.

Fig. 23 is an elevational view of a top capping mechanism utilized inthe machine, the view being partly in section along a line 23-23 in Fig. 9. v

Fig. 24 is a fragmentary plan view of the top capping mechanism shown in Fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a fragmentary elevational sectional view taken generally along a line 25-25 in Fig. 23,. l Fig. 26 is a continuation of the lower portion of Fig. 25.

Fig. 27 is a fragmentary `elevational view, partly in section, along a line 27-27 in Fig. 24, to show a mechanism for stopping the machine in the event that a tube is missing in the conveyor.

Fig.28k is a fragmentary elevational sectional view taken generally along a line` 28-28 in Fig. 9, to show details of the filling mechanism embodied in the machine.

Fig. 29 is an elevational sectional view taken generally along a line 29-29 in Fig. 9.

Fig. 30 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken generally along a line 30-30 in Fig. 29.

Fig. 31 is a fragmentary horizontal `sectional View taken generally along a line 31--31 in Fig. 29.

Considered in greater detail, Fig. l illustrates a packaging machine 40 adapted to pack ice cream or other fluent material into containers 41 of the type sho-wn in Fig. 2. The illustrated container comprises a waxed cardboard cylindrical packaging tube 42 which may be perforated or scored at its midpoint, as indicated at 43, so that the tube may readily be broken -in'half when theice'cream in the tube is tio be consumed. Disc-shaped cardboard caps44 are employed to close the 'upper and 

